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Indonesia: Sectarian Violence

Myanmar Dept: Local police chief Lt. Col. Djadjuli said fishermen towed the boat to shore Monday after discovering it off Indonesia's westernmost Aceh province, according to Montreal Gazette. One migrant told investigators they were fleeing sectarian violence in Myanmar, hoping to seek asylum in Australia and BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Indonesian police said they have 76 hungry, dehydrated Rohingya asylum seekers who fled Myanmar in a rickety boat hobbled by a storm. The group all members of the ethnic Rohingya minority included five women and five children, said Djadjuli, who uses one name. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.